McCarty v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was put to trial upon an indictment which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows:

"The Grand Jury of said County charge that before the finding of this Indictment, JOHN D. MCCARTY, alias JOHN DOUGLAS MCCARTY, whose true Christian name is otherwise unknown to the Grand Jury, who had been convicted of the crime of Grand Larceny, in the Circuit Court of Talladega County, at Talladega, Alabama, on or about the 22nd day of September, 1971, did unlawfully own or have in his possession or control a pistol, contrary to Title 14, Section 174(A) of the Code of Alabama as…